Gini Wijnaldum and Virgil van Dijk featured for the Netherlands as they took on hosts Portugal in Sunday night’s Nations League final.
One moment from the first half shone out as Gini checked back on himself and filthily nutmegged the onrushing Bernardo Silva.
Fresh from winning the Champions League, it was so gratifying to see our Reds midfielder completely dumbfound the Manchester City attacker.
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It was done with such ease and cleverness, it’s no wonder Wijnaldum was eager to announce his preference to play in a more attacking position.
With skills like that, Gini might find himself having a word with Jürgen Klopp.
If you look closely, you can pinpoint the exact moment the Portuguese realises that he’s been utterly outdone by our skillful Dutchman.
Watch the video below:
Man like @GWijnaldum sending Bernardo Silva for hot dog!
Cuckoo pic.twitter.com/aX2AGymUZb
— Ciaran (@KlavanDijk) June 9, 2019